Things Change As We Age.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
June 29, 2016 7:59am CST
Things change as we age, do they not?
'Getting lucky' means a parking spot,
If we call you pet names
We're not playing games,
It just means that your name we forgot.
And ladies, perhaps you don't know
That underarm hair does not grow,
Won't need to be shorn,
But alas it's reborn
On your upper lip - holy cow!
Though Ann is quite long in the tooth,
She tries to hold onto her youth,
But the only way
To get him to stay,
Is to give him her cash - that's the truth.
My photo of the Norwegian fjords.
And ladies, perhaps you don't know
That underarm hair does not grow,
Won't need to be shorn,
But alas it's reborn
On your upper lip - holy cow!
Though Ann is quite long in the tooth,
She tries to hold onto her youth,
But the only way
To get him to stay,
Is to give him her cash - that's the truth.
My photo of the Norwegian fjords.75 people like this
73 responses
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
29 Jun 16
Getting old is really the pits
It's not just the pains,
or no financial gains,
but falling apart bit by bits
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@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
29 Jun 16
I certainly can relate to falling apart bit by bit
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
@Jeanniemaries Brilliant poem Jean, thanks for replying 'in kind'.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
29 Jun 16
@jaboUK @BelleStarr inspired me to try. It was fun!
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@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
29 Jun 16
Sad but true that aging doesn't have many perks. Gravity has hit me hard 
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
@Marilynda1225 Lol - join the club!
(Did you see I featured you in my last post?)
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Jun 16
Gravity joins up to rob it,
Follicles all move! A job it
Is to keep hair
From moving to where
It collects on the small Hobbit!
For the Hobbit has large feet
To where the hairs all retreat
And from skull
Age does cull
Hair follicles give up in defeat.
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. What you've described is more for men - here's one for women:
A lady's not made for a beard,
But as she gets old, it's just weird,
A joke nature's played.
As her eyebrows fade,
And onto her chin reappeared!
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
Haha the hair on the lips made me laugh!
Could I be bold
To say when you're old
Your bits don't stay where they were.
You sag and you droop
You gag and you poop.
But you're still a nice person worthy of gold.
Love the photo.
Love the photo.11 people like this
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
@garymarsh6 You just made me laugh out loud - thanks!
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
@jaboUK I had to because I value what looks I have got left. I would hate you to rearrange my face with your frying pan!
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@JudyEv (341780)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jun 16
@jaboUK @BelleStarr @Jeanniemaries Great rhymes ladies! Well done. Going to bed with a smile on my face!
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
29 Jun 16
Ann may have some luck with her cash
But not with her fuzzy moustache
So she dabbles with creams
And bleach til she screams
And hopes he won't notice the rash.
Oh what fun - thanks Jabo.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
1 Jul 16
@DeborahDiane - Thanks, Deborah. I thought I'd give it a whirl.
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@DeborahDiane (40317)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 Jul 16
@suziecat7 - I loved your addendum to the poem that @jaboUK wrote. Funny limerick!
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
29 Jun 16
Beautiful picture. And your poem depicts the truth, all the truth and nothing but the truth
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@allknowing (137590)
• India
30 Jun 16
Let me put in my two pence worth
Age is not a joke I say
Before we know it has its way
Toothless smile
Sorry, full of guile
Those dignified wrinkles are there to stay
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@allknowing (137590)
• India
30 Jun 16
@jaboUK I am obsessed with LiteracyBase where I get to write blogs that I enjoy doing. They have to be 300 or more words. Needless to say I earn too. I already got 10 and 10 more are on its way and all this within just 45 days. But I will definitely be here specially to look at what my friends are saying.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun 16
@allknowing I might have a look at that site.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun 16
@allknowing You see why I've been missing you? It's such fun when you respond with a rhyme. Thank you.
Thank you.4 people like this
@sofssu (23662)
•
29 Jun 16
LOL thanks for the laughs.. I like the bit about the hair not growing in the underarms but being reborn on the upper lip.. Reminds me of my mom. She has a coup,e of hair sticking out from her upper lip and she always asked us to pluck it out with a pair of tweeters.
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@jollykizza (84)
• Uganda
29 Jun 16
Lol. The more hair you pluck out the greater the numbers in replacement.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jun 16
A beautiful, peaceful picture @jaboUK . Oh lord can I relate to the second one.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
@nanette64 It is a lovely picture, isn't it? I took it on a cruise a couple of years ago.
Lol - the second one is so true!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jun 16
@jaboUK I think I've got more of a mustache and beard than most guys. Geez! Tweezers, hair removal cream. And they're back the next day!!! 
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
30 Jun 16
I always did find it peculiar
Where the underarm growth did disappear?
But the facts that you’ve given
My doubts they have driven,
And now , it’s all crystal clear.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun 16
@responsiveme Lovely! Very well done. I do so like it when people come back at me with a rhyme - thank you so much.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
30 Jun 16
@jaboUK Thank you. . I like the rhymes out here too, but then thats obvious
. I like the rhymes out here too, but then thats obvious5 people like this
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
29 Jun 16
terrific limericks and the photo is ff-abulous
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
@arthurchappell Thank you Arthur for liking the limericks and also the photo. Much appreciated.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Jun 16
Eyebrows disappear too. That's a pity.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun 16
@ElizabethWallace Yes I'm afraid the eyebrows fade away, bummer.
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@DeborahDiane (40317)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 Jul 16
@ElizabethWallace - My eyebrows have faded, too. I never go out without a little eyebrow pencil on them, first! LOL
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Jun 16
@jaboUK I would have them tattooed, but since my allergies have gotten worse over the years, the doctor warned me that I may be bothered by the ink. Bummer.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
29 Jun 16
Very nice poetry, and quite funny, but true.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
@cindiowens Thanks Cindy - haven't seen you around much lately. Are you ok?
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
29 Jun 16
@jaboUK Yes, thank you. Just been having a hard time on mylot.
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@DeborahDiane (40317)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 Jul 16
@Shiva49 - I love your poetry, too!
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